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be relied upon to do the work as directed ; and when 

 the daily routine is once established, it will be found 

 much less laborious than it seems to be. The labor 

 is comparatively light; it may be performed by a 

 stout boy where the number of cows does not exceed 

 twenty-five head, but nothing should be left to 

 chance. 



When the proper time comes for sowing, the work 

 must be done. The cutting must also be attended 

 to when the crop is ready. The feeding also must 

 be regular and uniform in quantity. 



With a little practice, and if a person is not entirely 

 destitute of ability to work systematically, he can- 

 not easily fail of conducting the soiling system with 

 profit, and also to enjoy the many advantages which 

 it affords. I have never heard of a man who hav- 

 ing once thoroughly adopted the system, was not, 

 ever afterward, decidedly pronounced in its favor. 



EDUCATION. 



As Mr. Stewart says, in conducting the soiling 

 system successfully, "the need is more for head 

 work than for hand work." 



I believe that he might have extended the remark 

 to every branch of agriculture, especially where the 

 price of land is necessarily high. The day has gone 

 by in the older States when a man can follow farm- 

 ing, because he does not know enough to do any- 

 thing else. It may be done in the West, where 

 land may be had for the asking, and so productive 



